How do I get sharedpreferences in Asynctask?

Question

I am writing an android application for my school project but i am stuck here. The problem is i have to access a SharedPreferences value and need it in an AsyncTask class. When I try to access it, it wont let me because of the context. How can i reach my SharedPreferences in my AsyncTask?

public class CheckAccess extends AsyncTask<JSONObject, Integer, Boolean>{


    @Override
    protected Boolean doInBackground(JSONObject... params) {

        //Trying to get sharedpreferences here wont work.

        return null;
    }

}

Answer 1

Override onPreExecute or onPostExecute method of AsyncTask and get SharedPreferences there:

@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
    super.onPreExecute();
    //get sharedPreferences here
    SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences(<SharedPreferencesName>, <Mode>);
}

Please note that getSharedPreferences is an Activity method. So, you need to call it through Context if you are not using it in Activity.